What mental vision do the Scriptures give of the heavenly
kingdom at that time? ¶ 623.

Describe the angels, the cherubim, and seraphim, and
their positions. ¶ 623.

What will be the position of the Christ? ¶ 623.

Who will be there as the servants of the Christ? ¶
623.

Who will stand above all? ¶ 623.

When will Christ Jesus see the travail of his soul
and be satisfied? and why? ¶ 623.

What particular song will be appropriate at that particular
time? ¶ 624.

Name the musical instruments represented in the prophetic
picture. ¶ 624.

Describe the beginning of the Hallelujah chorus. ¶
624.

What will the creatures of heaven and earth be doing
then with reference to Christ Jesus? ¶ 624.

Repeat the Hallelujah chorus. ¶ 624.

EARTH’S HAPPY SMILE

Creation, which had groan’d in travail-pangs
Together with her children until now,
Ceased from her groaning. Long-forgotten smiles,
The smiles of her sweet childhood’s innocence,
Stole o’er her happy face. The wilderness
Rejoiced, and blossom’d as the rose. The
curse,
Which for six thousand years had sear’d the
heart
Of nature, was repeal’d. And where the
thorn
Perplex’d the glens, and prickly briers the
hills,
Now, for the Word so spake and it was done,
The fir-tree rear’d its stately obelisk,
The cedar waved its arms of peaceful shade,
The vine embraced the elm, and myrtles flower’d
Among the fragrant orange-groves. No storms
Vex’d the serene of heaven: but genial
mists,
Such as in Eden drench’d the willing soil,
Nurtured all lands with richer dews than balm.
Earth breathed her thanks. Rivers of living waters
Broke from a thousand unsuspected springs;
And gushing cataracts, like that call’d forth
On Horeb by the rod of Amram’s son,
Gladden’d the mountain slopes, and coursed adown
The startled defiles, till the crystal wealth,
Gathered in what was once an arid vale,
A lake of azure and of silver shone,
A mirror for the sun and moon and stars.

—­Bickersteth

INDEX OF SCRIPTURE CITATIONS USED IN THE FOREGOING PAGES

Figures on left side of columns indicate Bible chapters
and verses; figures to right, paragraph numbers.